I always look at stocks at new 52-week highs or all-time highs. Those are the most wanted assets on the market.

Companies with a rising stock price show good signs of a healthy business and prospect a rosy future but it’s also dangerous to buy them at high P/E levels.

Think about Tesla or Apple, both hit week-for-week new highs over a long period and made many investors of the early stage investing era very rich but with a forward P/E of 83.87, Tesla is not cheap. You run into risk when you buy the shares at this price. The possibility to see the price you have paid never again is high. Apple however is valuated with a forward P/E of 12.55 and has a proven business model with a strong brand. Apple definitely has a lower risk profile than Tesla.

Recently, 14 companies hit a new all-time high. Five of the stocks pay dividends. You can find them in the attached list of stocks at new all-time highs. One of the biggest companies is the oil and gas drilling and exploration stock, ConocoPhillips.

Here are my favorite stocks:Crown Crafts (CRWS) has a market capitalization of $68.87 million. The company employs 145 people, generates revenue of $78.42 million and has a net income of $5.11 million. Crown Crafts’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9.09 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.59 percent (the operating margin is 10.32 percent and the net profit margin 6.52 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of Crown Crafts’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.14 percent was realized by Crown Crafts. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.51. Last fiscal year, Crown Crafts paid $0.74 in the form of dividends to shareholders. CRWS gained 43.74 percent this year and is up 45.53 over the past year.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.66, the P/S ratio is 0.88 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.10. The dividend yield amounts to 4.57 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.59.

ConocoPhillips (COP) has a market capitalization of $82.41 billion. The company employs 17,500 people, generates revenue of $62,004.00 million and has a net income of $7,481.00 million. ConocoPhillips’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $22,309.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 35.98 percent (the operating margin is 24.87 percent and the net profit margin 12.07 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 18.55 percent of ConocoPhillips’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 45.27 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.09 percent was realized by ConocoPhillips. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.17. Last fiscal year, ConocoPhillips paid $2.64 in the form of dividends to shareholders. COP gained 20 percent this year and is up 22.75 over the past year.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.92, the P/S ratio is 1.33 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.71. The dividend yield amounts to 4.10 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.14.

Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL) has a market capitalization of $788.21 million. The company employs 9 people, generates revenue of $32.59 million and has a net income of $19.65 million. Texas Pacific Land Trust’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $29.32 million. The EBITDA margin is 89.97 percent (the operating margin is 89.92 percent and the net profit margin 60.29 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of Texas Pacific Land Trust’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 108.72 percent was realized by Texas Pacific Land Trust. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.01. Last fiscal year, Texas Pacific Land Trust paid $0.48 in the form of dividends to shareholders. TPL gained 69.08 percent this year and is up 51.07 over the past year.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 45.05, the P/S ratio is 23.97 and the P/B ratio is finally 50.95. The dividend yield amounts to 0.28 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.16.

Take a closer look at the full list of stocks at All-Time-Highs. The average P/E ratio amounts to 25.32. The dividend yield has a value of 1.54 percent. Price to book ratio is 5.41 and price to sales ratio 5.23.

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